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“Steinem was a leader of the second-wave feminist movement in the late 1960s, challenging the traditional domestic role of women, advocating for women to pursue higher education and careers as well as promoting reproductive freedom.”

““As a writer, a speaker, an activist, she awakened a vast and often skeptical public to problems like domestic violence, the lack of affordable child care, unfair hiring practices,"”

“Steinem went on to serve as a founding editor and writer at New York magazine and, a few years later, in 1972, launched her own publication, Ms. magazine, which was named after the honorific title given when a woman's marital status is unknown.”